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Willow Gallery Oswestry Contemporary Gallery in Oswestry, Shropshire showcasing Fine Art and Craft from British Makers. Established 2012

Centrally-located in Oswestry, the former car showroom is an innovative space where you can seek out and buy original artworks always well-displayed - paintings, sculpture, ceramics, woodcraft, textile art, jewellery, glassware and more. Ever-changing exhibitions throughout the year make regular visits a must. Other events include live music, workshops and talks, while in the Gallery Shop there is always an interesting selection of arts and crafts to browse. There are regular craft fairs, and we are beautifully complemented by the on-site family- and wheelchair-friendly Willow Eatery, perfect for morning coffee, afternoon tea, lunch or a quick snack.

Euston to Lime Street : Winter Twilight, Felted marino & silk on canvas by Yvonne Body"Arrivals and departures, capturin...
17/10/2026

Euston to Lime Street : Winter Twilight, Felted marino & silk on canvas by Yvonne Body

"Arrivals and departures, capturing a moment between.
My textile work explores fleeting images I capture while in transit; time and movement have long fascinated me, journeys having parallels with lives, so much of which is a blur of memory interspersed with moments detailed in diamond precision as clear as a photograph.

With this current work I am striving to depict movement, the blurring of image, and use of colour and line to move the viewer’s eye and animate the scene.

I have explored this theme using felted merino wool, silk, canvas and a wide range of threads including weaving waste and recycled garment threads, acrylic paints and fabric dye. The techniques used are wet felting, machine and hand stitching. I have employed various printing and image transfer techniques to develop ideas." - Yvonne

Spoon & latchkey collection by Anna OwenAnna’s work for this exhibition explores talismanic symbols of domesticity. Sma...
16/10/2026

Spoon & latchkey collection by Anna Owen

Anna’s work for this exhibition explores talismanic symbols of domesticity. Small objects that gather unseen and forgotten in kitchen drawers become treasures as they are wrapped and stitched with thread, drawn on fabric. Anna encourages the viewer to engage with these commonplace items, to look again at sewing machine attachments, tourist souvenir spoons, and latchkeys from long forgotten properties.

The pieces in this exhibition use a monochrome palette to express the unexplored beauty of the everyday. Sensitively drawn and stitched lines express the moments that make up our daily lives.

Seed Archive: Form IV, Lunaria Annua (Honesty), Organza fabric, sewing thread, wire, & clay by Helen Cooper."My work exp...
15/10/2026

Seed Archive: Form IV, Lunaria Annua (Honesty), Organza fabric, sewing thread, wire, & clay by Helen Cooper.

"My work explores seed dispersal through the lens of arrivals and departures. I aim to draw connections between the movement of seeds and the wider realities of displacement, adaption, survival and loss in an era of climate change.

The delicate sculptural forms are all hand stitched, created using fabrics, threads, clay and wire. They aim to capture tension and movement, bound as they are by their delicate but lasting beauty. Standing on wooden pedestals, each form suspends seeds (stored life) in states of transition, referencing the care embodied by seed banks while acknowledging their increasing necessity.

As both a scientist and an artist, I have situated my work between scientific archive and creative reflection. I want the viewer to see seeds not simply as biological arrivals, but as witnesses to planetary change- carrying memory, resilience and the hope of future life." - Helen

Colours of Nature collection by Susan SyddallPieces in this exhibition explore colour found in the natural world of chan...
14/10/2026

Colours of Nature collection by Susan Syddall

Pieces in this exhibition explore colour found in the natural world of changing seasons and the emotions and atmosphere experienced. Susan explores the transient aspect of nature’s palette and the fleeting, shifting hues across the landscape which evoke a bittersweet yearning in the viewer.

Enduring, Acrylics on cradled wooden panel by Deb Kemp"My work is always a response to the experience of being out in th...
13/10/2026

Enduring, Acrylics on cradled wooden panel by Deb Kemp

"My work is always a response to the experience of being out in the natural environment - what I see and feel and trying to capture the atmosphere of a place.

I am particularly drawn to the shoreline for the theme of Arrivals and Departures: the shifting edge where journeys begin and end, where the sea meets the land, and where each tide leaves traces of movement, memory and change.

Painting this mercurial space allows me to explore the constant exchange between water, shoreline and sky, where water and earth continually reshape one another. The little white house by the shoreline suggests generations of lives shaped by this edge, and reflects the ways humans settle, adapt and leave their marks upon the meeting place of land and sea.

I live in Chester. Most of my work is inspired by walking in the Northwest." - Deb

Maggie's Cacti & Greenhouse, Acrylic pencils on watercolour paper by Denise R. Williams"This set of work evolved from ph...
13/10/2026

Maggie's Cacti & Greenhouse, Acrylic pencils on watercolour paper by Denise R. Williams

"This set of work evolved from photos taken at the greenhouse at the Maggie’s Centre in Manchester. It explores multi-layered emotional experiences and reflects the continuing need to ’Keep on carrying on’ even when times are complicated.

Denise questions the idea of green being regarded as a peaceful colour by using secondary and tertiary colours related to green, hence reflecting the many emotions which contrast and conflict within life; creating a turmoil of colour." - Maggie

A Golden View, Freehand machine embroidery by Alison Holt
12/10/2026

A Golden View, Freehand machine embroidery by Alison Holt

'The Game', Mixed media by Judith Harrison"The inspiration for my work usually starts in the Celtic landscapes of Scotla...
10/10/2026

'The Game', Mixed media by Judith Harrison

"The inspiration for my work usually starts in the Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Wales with the animals and people, real and imaginary, which inhabit it. The work is primarily narrative and aims to superimpose the myth onto the landscape and the ancient onto the visible relic. At other times my work strays into more modern literary influences, games and animals of importance." - Judith

Birds of the Heavens (detail), Mixed media by Nikki Parmenter
10/10/2026

Birds of the Heavens (detail), Mixed media by Nikki Parmenter

'A first mute coming, arrival on the pale blue dot' (detail), Oil paint, oil & wax, acrylic paint & imitation gold leaf ...
08/10/2026

'A first mute coming, arrival on the pale blue dot' (detail), Oil paint, oil & wax, acrylic paint & imitation gold leaf by Gaby Esser-Hall

"The poem by Emily Dickinson, ‘A First Mute Coming’, inspired me to reflect on the silence that marks the beginning of life on our ‘pale blue dot’, as Carl Sagan affectionately called our planet.

I associated the line, A First Fair Going’, in the same poem with the disappearance of matter into black holes of immeasurable dimensions. Before the light expires into forever darkness, it displays a symphony of magnificent colours.

The two paintings aim to provide a thought- provoking impulse to the viewer about minute beginnings of life in contrast to unfathomable departures of matter in space.

This is my first attempt at creative art making after focusing on writing about art history. I have enjoyed the process of exploring many different techniques." - Gaby

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56 Willow Street
Oswestry
SY111AD

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Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5pm

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01691 65 75 75

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